Soon it was Christmas and me wonderful family started sending me gifts to keep my spirits up during my incarceration (LOL) at the nursing home. One particular thing Peg made sure I had was a tree.
On the day it arrived I was sitting by the front desk talking to/entertaining some other patients, including Clarence. A UPS worker entered with a 3ft-by-6in box and asked for Merrym Bruce. I said, "That's me!" He handed over the clipboard, so I could sign for the package. As I traded invoice for delivery my audience started voicing their thoughts, "I wonder what that might be?" "Open it! Open it!" etc.
Excitement overcame me and I tore open the box with exuberant, fervor. Inside was the cutest potted evergreen I could imagine. It was decorated already with lights, bulbs and a star. I loved it!
Everyone surrounding me exclaimed, "Oh! That's adorable!" Clarence chimed in with the others and added nonchalantly, "I wish I had a tree. I'm getting tired. I need to go lay down. See you at dinner." Then he turned and left.
Immediately I knew what I was to do next. Give the man who by now was like a brother to me, my awesome dinner companion, Clarence, a Christmas he would never forget...
But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,
Luke 14:13
I am blessed
Merrym Dawn Mathis Bruce
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